The Globe Theatre

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The Globe Theatre Shakespeare Elizabethan England
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Three Globe Theatres

• The original Globe Theatre, built in 1599 by the
  playing company to which Shakespeare belonged,
  and destroyed by fire in 1613.
• The Globe Theatre was rebuilt in 1614 and closed
  in 1642.
• A modern reconstruction of the original Globe,
  named "Shakespeare's Globe Theatre", opened in
  1997.

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The Original Globe Theatre

• The Globe was the principal playhouse of the Lord
  Chamberlain's Men (who would become the King's
  Men in 1603)
• The Globe was owned by a group of actors, who
  (except for one) were also shareholders in the
  Lord Chamberlain's Men.

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• At the base of the stage, there was an area
  called the "yard," where people (the
  "groundlings") would stand to watch the
  performance.

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• Around the yard were three levels of seating,
  which were more expensive than standing in the
  yard.

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• The Globe was built using timber from an earlier
  theatre called The Theatre.
• On June 29, 1613, the Globe Theatre went up in
  flames during the first performance of Henry the
  Eighth. A theatrical cannon, set off during the
  performance, misfired, igniting the wooden beams
  and thatching.

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• Like all the other theatres in London, the Globe
  was closed down by the Puritans (religious group
  wanting society to be more pure) in 1642.
• It was destroyed in 1644
• to make room for
• tenements.

Gallery of famous 17th century Puritan theologians
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A New Era of The Globe Theatre

• A new Globe theatre was built according to an
  Elizabethan (1558-1603) plan.
• Although the reconstruction was carefully
  researched, the original plan was modified by the
  addition of sprinklers on the roof to protect
  against fire, and the theatre is partly joined
  onto a modern lobby and visitors centre.

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• In addition, only 1,500 people may be housed
  during a show, unlike the 3,000 of Shakespeare's
  time (Elizabethans were less concerned about
  their personal space than modern theatregoers).

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• It opened in 1997 under the name "Shakespeare's
  Globe Theatre" and now stages plays every summer
  (May to October).
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Shakespeares Birthplace

• Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
• Has become a tourist trap, seeing over 3.5
  million visitors every year
• Many great authors have made their pilgrimage to
  the Bards birthplace

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There are some parts of the plays youll never
understand. But excuse me, I thought thats what
great art was supposed to be about. Dont freak
out over it. Keep reading. Peter Sellers
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Shakespeares Grave

• Holy Trinity Church
• A few blocks from his birthplace, on the River
  Avon
• More than 200,000 tourists every year
• Church is still used for services

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• He was not for an age, but for all time!
• Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was an English Renaissance
dramatist, poet and actor.
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Life and Times of William Shakespeare

• - b. April 23rd, 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon -
  1582 married Anne Hathaway (8 years his senior)
  She was pregnant
• - b. 1583 daughter Susanna
• - b. 1585 Hamnet and Judith (twins)
• - So, by 20 Shakespeare was married with 3
  children
• - needed to provide for his family
• - wasnt making enough money in Stratford,
  decided to move to London
• - Shakespeare ended up paying off all his family
  debts
• - d. April 23rd, 1616 in Stratford at New Place
  
• - he was 52
• - wrote plays during the reign of two monarchs
  (Queen Elizabeth 1558 1603 and King James 1603
  1625)
• Plays can be divided into four categories
  comedy, tragedy, historic, romance

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Elizabethan England

• Medical Issues
• - measles
• - scarlet fever
• - flu
• - these could be fatal for children
• - Shakespeares own son died during childhood
• - many women died during childbirth
• - famine was prevalent
• - simple medical procedures could result in death
  because of infection (pulled tooth)

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Religion

• - most people believed in God
• England was protestant, having broken away from
  the Catholic church (Reformation)
• Catholics were ostracized from the community and
  country
• After Elizabethan Era Jacobean Era
• - Protestant Puritans wanted to rid the church of
  anything that was of the Catholic church.
• - They believed fine clothing, drinking, gambling
  and going to see plays were all things that would
  / could condemn you to hell

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Folklore / Superstition

• - some believed in fairies, goblins and spirits.
  
• - insanity, nightmares were thought to be caused
  by the influence of these spirits
• - witch hunting prevalent people (women) were
  accused of being witches if they were simply
  socially awkward. Killed by the church.
• - disease and disasters were blamed on witches.
• - Astrology was important

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Life in London

• - port city, growing, poverty and wealth in great
  contrast
• - lots of entertainment cock fighting and bear
  baiting
• people liked to watch public beatings and
  executions
• The Black Death Bubonic Plague 1592-1594
• 1603 - 1604
• 1623
• Over 100 000 people died. Disease was carried on
  rats.

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Theatre

• - town squares
• - village greens
• - not popular in the beginning
• - Audience cheap tickets (one penny)
• expensive ticket (6 pence)
• - Ranging in class. Thieves and
  pickpockets were prevalent
• - Crowds tended to be pretty rowdy

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What do these words have in common?

• Accommodation
• Admirable
• Amazement
• Arch-villian
• Assassination
• Batty
• Bloodsucking
• Bold-faced
• Cater
• Cheap
• Circumstantial
• Cold-blooded
• Coldhearted
• Countless
• Critical
• Domineering
• Dwindle
• Employment
• Equivocal

• Exposure
• Fairyland
• Flowery
• Fortune-teller
• Freezing
• Generous
• Go-between
• Grime
• Impartial
• Inaudible
• Inauspicious
• Invulnerable
• Lapse
• Laughable
• Lonely
• Majestic
• Monumental
• Motionless
• Overpower

• Paternal
• Pious
• Priceless
• Radiance
• Reliance
• Shooting Star
• Slugabed
• Stillborn
• Successful
• Tardiness
• Unearthly
• Unpolluted
• Unquestionable
• Unreal
• Vulnerable
• Watchdog
• Zany

These are words that Shakespeare is credited with
introducing to the English language!!
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Which of these sayings do you recognize?What do
they mean?

• Apple of her eye
• Dead as a doornail
• Eaten me out of house and home
• For goodness sake
• Fortunes fool
• Green-eyed monster
• In my heart of hearts
• Into thin air
• Knock, Knock! Whos there?
• Man of steel
• Neither rhyme nor reason

• Not a mouse stirring
• O, brave new world
• The be-all and the end-all
• To be, or not to be
• To thine own self be true
• Too much of a good thing
• We have seen better days
• What the dickens
• Whats done is done

These are common phrases and lines that were
first spoken by Shakespeares characters!!
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Shakespearean InsultsYou may wish to memorize
them to use when an appropriate occasion should
arise

• His brain is as dry as the remainder biscuit
  after a long voyage.
• Lets meet as little as we can.
• I do desire we may be better strangers.
• Bloody, bawdy, villain! Remorseless, treacherous,
  lecherous, kindless villain!
• Thy face is not worth sunburning.
• You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless
  things!
• Thou lily-livered boy!

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Create your own Shakespearean Insults

• Write down at least five of your own
  Shakespearean Insults

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Shakespeare Live!!
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Period 3 Shakespeare Live!

• Romeo and Juliet 3 characters
• Much Ado About Nothing 3 characters
• The Taming of the Shrew 2 characters
• A Midsummer Nights Dream 6 characters
• Twelfth Night 3 characters
• Macbeth 4 characters
• Antony and Cleopatra 3 characters
• Julius Caesar 4 characters

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Period 4 Shakespeare Live!

• Romeo and Juliet 3 characters
• Much Ado About Nothing 3 characters
• Twelfth Night 3 characters
• Macbeth 4 characters
• Antony and Cleopatra 3 characters
• Julius Caesar 4 characters